EngadgetHD:Hands-on with the Vista Media Center TV Pack

Last weeks The Media Center Show guest Ben Drawbaugh has got a leaked copy of the Windows Media Center TV Pack and posted his hands on experience on EngadgetHD, again I can't say much other than its worth reading the review and I will have a full show dedicated to the TV pack when the details are official

We have to say this is a pretty nice upgrade, but most definitely not everything we wish it was. Beyond the obvious missing H.264 and DirecTV support, there are plenty of things we wish were included like: 16x9 thumbnails; ability to list Recorded TV by date and put it them in a folder; and the ability to filter keyword recordings by HD -- you can however now set series recordings to HD only -- just to name a few. The update isn't all good either, as we still haven't figured out which plug-ins are compatible and so far we haven't found anything that can play the new WTV file format -- yes we tried VLC. But as soon as we find a way to play back the files on another computer, we'll be sure to check and see if the new more lenient CableCARD DRM is in effect.